Online Shoppers Habits That You Should Know

What do we really know about online consumer shopping habits and their preferences? What they buy and why?Our small business community has some answers you may find helpful.



Online Consumer Shopping Habits

Mars and Venus: Not All Online Shoppers are the Same
As you might expect, online buyers differ in many ways. But one of
the greatest differences online merchants should be aware of is the

The Largest Building In The World, Opens In china

We know that the tallest building in the world is in dubai, But the largest building in the world is in china, Chengdu in southwest China is now home to what Chinese officials are calling "the largest building in the world."


Situated in the capital city of Sichuan province, one of China's
rapidly growing metropolises and home to over 14 million people, the New
Century Global Center is a

Follow These Small Business Events, Contests and Awards

Featured Events, Contests and Awards

Big Awards for Business
August 14, 2013, Online
The Big Awards started with a mission of recognizing real talent and
performance. Real business people, those with experience and knowledge,
judge the Big Awards. Request an entry kit today and submit your
nomination by August 14, 2013.
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WBENC National Conference &

Business Ideas : Some Banks Will Pay You to Open an Account

Would you open a new bank account for
$50? How about $100? A number of banks and credit unions will pay you
that much or more to become a new customer. what's the catch behind business idea ?

Citizens Bank is
offering a cash bonus of up to $175 to those who open a new personal
checking account by the end of the month. Key Bank will give you $150.
At TruMark Financial, a credit union in

Business Idea : Customers To Be Investors

This is a business idea, Crowdinvesting: Businesses tempt customers to be investors, Like most business owners, Ahmed Jaber relies on his customers. They are the ones who flock to his warehouse
sales, snapping up the cut-price designer label fashion he has sourced
from across Europe and beyond,


Wisdom of the crowd: Is getting customers to buy small stakes in your business the new investment?

Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Push US for Public Disclosure of Security Requests

Three of the largest Internet companies called on the U.S. government
to provide greater transparency on national security requests on
Tuesday, as they sought to distance themselves from reports that
portrayed the companies as willing partners in supplying mass data to
security agencies.



In similarly worded statements released within
hours on Tuesday, Google, Microsoft and Facebook all

Top Business Travel Awards 2013

Top Business Travel Awards 2013: You're on the road, getting it done. And it's our goal to keep you in
comfort and style as you do it. Here, our picks for the most enjoyable,
efficient and tasty new ways to go forth and conquer.

Best New Business Hotel
Four Seasons Baltimore



These are boom times for anyone who enjoys new hotels. Many of the
projects that stalled after hitting financial

Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands

These are top 10 most valuable global brands, Apple remains the top global brand with an estimated value of $185 billion, according to an annual ranking by WPP and Millward Brown. Which other companies have brands worth billions?


Apple
Brand value: $185 billion
Sector: Technology
2012 rank: 1




It may have been a lost year for the tech titan in many respects, but Apple's position as the

Top Business News This Week: May 17

This week’s top business news stories looked at the latest
mobile technology, 3D printing, the future of the password, the latest
in the battle over Obamacare and much more. These stories
explain how the news of the week affects you.





Mobile
Nokia introduces a new Lumia 925 Windows phone.
The phone will have a metal case and upgrades to its camera technology.
Observers see the Windows 8

Latest Samsung Products in June : New 8 inch Tablet

Samsung Will Introduce a New 8 Inch Tablet in June, Samsung already has two other tablets in its Galaxy Tab 2 budget series, one bigger and one smaller.



It’s easy to see how an 8 inch tablet would be more portable than the
bigger 10.1 inch Samsung tablet (pictured above). The screen would also
be bigger and easier to see than the smaller 7 inch Samsung tablet.


The Wall Street Journal

Top 20 Youngest Billionaires of 2013 (With Photo)

These 20 billionaires in 2013, are all under 40 years old, quoted from forbes :

Mark Zuckerberg

Age: 28
Net Worth: $13.3 billion




Few
CEOs of any age are under more media scrutiny than Mark Zuckerberg
(who's only 8 days older than Moskovitz). Since taking Facebook public
in May 2012, and getting married days later, the hoodie-wearing founder
has seen his net worth rise and fall with

A Snapshot of Startups in Small Cities Across the U.S.

These days, entrepreneurs in smaller cities across the U.S. have
plenty of opportunity, thanks to advances in technology that weren't so
readily available five years ago. The proliferation of open-source tools
and cloud computing has made it possible to start a fast-growth company
from virtually anywhere. And social media has given entrepreneurs --
wherever they are located -- a cheap and

Obama’s 2014 Budget Was Released

Obama’s 2014 budget, released in april, months later than it should have
been, has already met stiff opposition from both sides of the aisle. In
an effort to bring Democrats and Republicans to the table, Obama
included provisions that both sides strongly dislike. While the budget
as it was stands today is not expected to pass, it does serves as a key
launch pad for negotiations.



From

Small Business Saturday in U.K.

Small Business Saturday U.K. will be held on December 7, 2013. Small business owners in the U.K. will be getting Small Business Saturday in their country this year.



British businesses and shoppers will see their own version of the highly-popular event that has resulted in over $5 billion in sales for small businesses in the United States last year alone.


Shadow Business Secretary Chukka

Tax Break Reversal in California

Investors and Owners of small businesses in California are ruing a
federal court decision that sticks them with more than $120 million in
bills for back taxes.



Now, according to several reports, state lawmakers are being urged to
reverse a court decision that eliminated the Qualified Small Business
Stock tax break.
The tax break allowed a small business owner or an
investor in small

List of People Name Who Made The Famous Brand Names And Company Names

Do you
know that some of the world’s most prominent brands and biggest
companies, such as Nestlé, Wal-Mart, Walt Disney, DHL, Adidas, Dell,
Ferrari, Honda and McDonald’s are all named after people?



Are you an entrepreneur who’s now thinking crazy to come up with the best name for your business
or brand? If yes, then why not name it after your own name? You might
also take the name of your

Amazon.com Founder "Jeff Bezos" Invest in Business Insider

Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.com "Jeff Bezos" is one of the newest investors in digital publication Business Insider.


Henry Blodget, the former former Wall Street analyst who co-founded Business Insider, announced it saying:


Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos, has led a new round of financing for Business Insider. Many of our existing investors, including

Profit of Samsung's Soar 53%

Samsung, the world's largest technology company by sales, has produced some jaw-dropping results for the first quarter.



In its preliminary financial update for the first quarter, the South Korean tech giant announced sales Friday of approximately 52 trillion won ($46 billion), up 15% from a year ago. Samsung's operating profit of 8.7 trillion won ($7.7 billion) rose 53% from the first quarter

Top 10 Billionaire in This Year

This year Forbes has uncovered a record 1,426 billionaires. That is
200 more than we found in 2012, another record breaking year. It’s also
nearly 10 times as many as Forbes pinned down in 1987, the year we began
tracking fortunes around the world.



The group is worth $5.4
trillion, an astounding 17 percent jump from a year ago. The average net
worth of a Forbes billionaire is $3.8 billion

Now Is Time for PINTEREST to Start Generating Revenue

Pinterest, the company whose trademark social pinboard allows users to display images they find appealing, has decided it's time to work toward profitability. "A lot of last year was keeping up with growth
[and] the big change with touch-screen devices," founder Ben Silbermann said. "[This year], we're building foundations to monetize." What are it's plans? Pinterest is getting ready to